One week after being gravely injured in a collision between a Metrolink train and a pickup truck in Oxnard, the train's engineer has died.
Glenn Steele, 62, died early Tuesday of injuries at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center suffered in the Feb. 24 crash in...

An engineer died Tuesday after being injured last week when a Southern California commuter train smashed into a truck on the tracks and derailed, officials said.
Glenn Steele, 62, died at Cedar Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he was...

National railroad regulators are asking local police departments to issue more tickets to drivers who ignore warnings at crossings.
The Federal Railroad Administration says it's the first step in a safety campaign. The campaign was spurred by accidents...

All lanes are closed on MD 147 in Carney at Placid Avenue due to a two-vehicle collision with injury at 8:39 a.m. on Tuesday, according to the state Department of Transportation.
The Maryland Transportation Authority said at 8:17 a.m. that right tube...

Oil trains coursing through Pennsylvania put a sizable portion of the state's population at risk daily, including tens of thousands of Lehigh Valley residents, according to two reports released Monday.
Living within the potential evacuation zone of an oil train accident are 44,000 people in Allentown, 25,000 in Bethlehem and 17,000 in Easton, according to the nonprofit PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center.
"The public is oftentimes completely unaware that these trains are rumbling through their...

Authorities say a driver will be issued a summons after allegedly driving around a downed crossing gate before colliding with a Long Island Rail Road train in Patchogue (PACH'-awg).
MTA official say the incident occurred shortly after noon Tuesday at the Ryder Avenue crossing.
The unidentified man was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital. MTA spokeswoman Margie Anders says he will be issued a ticket for violating a law barring passing a downed gate.
There were no reports of injuries on the train....

A Norfolk Southern freight train struck and killed a pedestrian near Jacksonville.
The crash happened Monday night in a wooded area near the Trout River.
The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/1F4hiz1 ) reports the engineer told authorities he saw the pedestrian near the track but couldn't stop in time.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is investigating.
No further details were immediately available.
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A man died Monday afternoon after being struck by a Metra Electric Line train on the Far South Side, officials said.
The accident happened at 95th Street and the Metra Electric Line tracks in the Rosemoor neighborhood on the Far South Side, said Metra spokesman Michael Gillis.
Metra officials earlier said that the victim was a child but further investigation determined that the victim was a man in his mid- to late 20s, according to Gillis.
The accident happened at 5:35 p.m. and involved the Metra...

A new fire chief has been named in the nation's capital, where the fire department has been struggling to meet the demands of a growing population and rapidly increasing number of emergency calls.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser named Gregory Dean as the city's new fire chief at a news conference Monday following a monthslong nationwide search. Dean has been the Seattle Fire Department's chief for 10 years.
The announcement comes eight months after embattled Chief Kenneth Ellerbe stepped down....

Authorities say an SUV driven by an elderly woman has been hit by a train at a crossing in New York, about 40 miles south of a fatal crash last month that killed six.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority police say a crossing gate came down on the SUV early Monday afternoon in East Rockaway. A witness says the woman then drove onto the grade crossing while warning lights were flashing and bells were ringing.
The Long Island Rail Road train had just left a station and hit the back of the SUV, pushing it...